{"id":312,"date":"2020-08-06T13:30:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightersideofcancer.com\/?p=312"},"modified":"2020-08-06T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:30:32","slug":"what-is-targeted-cancer-treatment-how-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightersideofcancer.com\/what-is-targeted-cancer-treatment-how-does-it-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Targeted Cancer Treatment &#038; How Does It Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"312\" class=\"elementor elementor-312\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66404335 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66404335\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e149378\" data-id=\"6e149378\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d34223 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"13d34223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=wQke2rASWB8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b5b686 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b5b686\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Targeted cancer treatment is a relatively new cancer treatment that is used to target specific types of cancer cells, compared to general chemotherapy treatments. 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